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Managing Physical Violence

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Aggression and Violence

Abstract

Violent behaviour has probably, in some form or other, always been a part of nursing. Its ‘rediscovery’ over the past 20 years can probably be credited to three main factors:

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    A changing ideological and clinical context, which meant that some of the ‘traditional’ approaches that may have characterised the management of violence in some settings, particularly the excessive and/or inappropriate use of medication and staff for client violence, were rendered unacceptable (Paterson 1994). This was accompanied by a genuine desire by clinicians and educationalists to improve the quality of care in this area

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    Changing beliefs and values within the wider society about violence (Dobash and Dobash 1992)

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    The influence of Health and Safety legislation and the report of the Health Services Advisory Committee (HSAC) of the Health and Safety Executive (1987).

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Authors
  1. Brodie Paterson
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Oxfordshire Learning Disability NHS Trust, UK

    John Turnbull BA, MSc, RNMH (Director of Nursing) (Director of Nursing)

  2. Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Stirling, UK

    Brodie Paterson MEd, BA(Hons), RMN, RNMH, RNT, DipNursing (Lecturer) (Lecturer)

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Paterson, B., Leadbetter, D. (1999). Managing Physical Violence. In: Turnbull, J., Paterson, B. (eds) Aggression and Violence. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13577-6_7

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